Generative Engine Optimization

Optimized for every AI search engine.

PressGEO scores each release against the citation rubrics of ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Grok, and Copilot — then polls all six engines and reports back when they actually cite you.

Why Generative Engine Optimization matters now.

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Enhances traditional SEO

Schema.org, sitemaps, and feeds stack on top of classic search — you don't trade one for the other.

02

Visibility in AI search

Releases formatted so ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, Claude, and Grok can parse and cite them.

03

Aligned to generative algorithms

Answer-first ledes, named entities, FAQ blocks, and an llms.txt file (a plain-text site map written for AI crawlers) — the patterns LLMs reward.

04

Open-web discoverability

Standard feeds (RSS, Atom, JSON), instant-index pings to Bing and others (IndexNow), permanent archives (Wayback, GitHub), and a Bluesky auto-post — every channel that still pulls from feeds.

Per-engine rubric

Six engines. Six different ways to earn a citation.

Generic "optimize for AI" tactics leave citations on the table. PressGEO scores each release on what every engine actually weights and fixes and submits for each.

ChatGPT logo
ChatGPT
OpenAI
Answer-first lede, conversational FAQ-style sub-headers, clean attribution with role + company, and a 3–5 question FAQ block that mirrors user prompts.
Rewrites your lede to answer first; auto-generates an FAQ block from the body; enforces named attribution on every quote.
Gemini logo
Gemini
Google
Schema.org NewsArticle + FAQPage + Speakable, named entities with sameAs links, Organization markup, Google News sitemap eligibility, freshness signals.
Ships NewsArticle, FAQPage, Speakable, and BreadcrumbList JSON-LD; extracts entities + canonical URLs; submits a Google-News-shaped sitemap on publish.
Perplexity logo
Perplexity
Perplexity
Dense numeric specificity (counts, dates, percentages, dollar amounts), named human quotes, outbound citations to primary sources, recency.
Scores numeric density per paragraph; flags vague qualifiers; the rewrite tightens to specific numbers and adds primary-source linking.
Claude logo
Claude
Anthropic
Structured headings, hedged factual language, clear publisher + author identity, plain-language paragraphs without marketing puffery.
Enforces plain-language scoring; strips hype; surfaces publisher + author in markup so Claude's web_search tool can identify the source.
Grok logo
Grok
xAI
Recency, conversational tone in quoted speech, brevity, shareable hooks, and clean indexability for X/Twitter card preview.
Generates Twitter card metadata, summarizes the release into a tweet-shaped hook, and pings IndexNow + WebSub at publish for sub-hour indexing.
Copilot logo
Copilot
Microsoft
NewsArticle completeness, IndexNow-ready freshness, publisher attribution, image alt text, and Bing-indexed company pages.
IndexNow ping on every publish (Bing + Yandex + Naver); per-company newsroom pages; image alt enforcement in the editor.
Citation Monitor

Stop guessing. See who's actually citing you.

After each release publishes, PressGEO fires citation-likely questions at every major AI engine on a schedule and logs every hit, miss, and quoted excerpt back into your dashboard.

  • Polls all six engines on a schedule with citation-likely questions auto-generated from your release.
The PressGEO GEO checklist

Ten rules we enforce on every draft.

Answer-first lede

The first 1–2 sentences directly answer what happened. No throat-clearing — LLMs only quote what's citable.

One claim per paragraph

Each paragraph makes a single claim, backed by a statistic, named source, or quote. Easier for retrieval.

Named human quotes

Every release includes attributed quotes with title and company. LLMs cite quoted speech disproportionately.

Numeric specificity

Concrete dates, percentages, dollar amounts. No 'many' or 'significantly' — vague claims get skipped.

Question sub-headers

Section headers phrased as natural questions match the way users prompt ChatGPT and Perplexity.

FAQ block + schema.org

Every release ends with 3–5 Q&A pairs and ships with NewsArticle + FAQPage JSON-LD on the public page.

The other half

GEO is half the story. The other half is syndication.

RSS, Atom, JSON Feed, Google News sitemap, WebSub, signed webhooks, Wayback archival, GitHub Releases mirror, Bluesky auto-post, per-issuer newsrooms — every open-web channel, on every plan. No journalist spam.

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Get cited by the engines that answer.

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